2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2000 record5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorTom Bradley (1st season)
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium (c. 93,967; grass)
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 13 Purdue $+  6 –2     8 –4  
Northwestern +  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 11 Michigan +  6 –2     9 –3  
Ohio State  5 –3     8 –4  
No. 23 Wisconsin  4 –4     9 –4  
Minnesota  4 –4     6 –6  
Penn State  4 –4     5 –7  
Iowa  3 –5     3 –9  
Illinois  2 –6     5 –6  
Michigan State  2 –6     5 –6  
Indiana  2 –6     3 –8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Northwestern and Wisconsin this year.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 272:30 p.m.vs. No. 16 USC*No. 17
ABCL 5–2978,902
September 212:00 p.m.Toledo*
ESPN2L 6–2494,296
September 912:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+W 67–794,555
September 163:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*
CBSL 0–1261,221
September 2312:00 p.m.at No. 12 Ohio State
ABCL 6–4598,144
September 303:30 p.m.No. 19 Purdue
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 22–2096,023
October 712:00 p.m.at Minnesota
ESPN2L 16–2544,439
October 2112:00 p.m.Illinois
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 39–2596,475
October 287:00 p.m.vs. Indiana
ESPN2W 27–2443,122
November 412:00 p.m.Iowa
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+L 23–26 2OT95,437
November 1112:00 p.m.at No. 21 Michigan
ESPNL 11–33110,803
November 1812:00 p.m.Michigan State
ESPN+W 42–2396,070
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 36 Mike Cerimele Sr
WR 13 Sam Crenshaw Sr
WR 20 Eddie Drummond Jr
RB 34 Omar Easy Jr
TE 85 John Gilmore Jr
G 71 Joe Hartings Jr
WR 24 Bryant Johnson So
RB 5 Larry Johnson So
WR 11 Tony Johnson Fr
TE 88 Matt Kranchick Fr
FB 82 Sean McHugh Fr
T 67 Kareem McKenzie Sr
QB 12 Rashard Casey Sr
QB 4 Matt Senneca So
C 56 Geoff Stryker Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Bruce Branch Jr
CB 6 James Boyd Sr
DT 99 Tim Falls So
LB 21 Shamar Finney Jr
CB 25 Rich Gardner Fr
DE 81 Michael Haynes So
DE 96 Bob Jones Jr
CB 10 Bhawoh Jue Sr
DE 37 Justin Kurpeikis Sr
CB 26 Bryan Scott So
LB 41 Tom Williams Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Rankings
See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 22 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches Poll 17 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

Post season

NFL draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2001 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
3rd971Bhawoh JueFree safetyGreen Bay Packers
3rd1779Kareem McKenzieOffensive tackleNew York Jets
3rd3294James BoydStrong safetyJacksonville Jaguars
5th16147Tony StewartTight endPhiladelphia Eagles

References
  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (2000-2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.